Eric Monsef, head of highly immersive systems for HP, says the turntable coupled with a new version of HP Capture software enables organizations to capture a full 3D image on any object. Once in the system, that image can then be modified or shared with any number of other users over, for example, email, says Monsef.

The HP 3D Capture Stage turntable automatically tilts 15 degrees to make sure that all aspects of any given object are captured.

Obviously, HP’s primary focus when it comes to 3D printing technologies will be on industrial, corporate and medical applications versus the hobbyist market that has sprung up around 3D printers in the last couple of years. Of course, as has been proven many a time in the last few decades, the next great idea is just as likely to come out of someone’s garage as it is a major research center.